Tag Archives: interim storage

Proposal to Bring Nuclear Waste to Texas Is Back on the Table via The Rivard Report

Posted on 2018/09/30 by nfield

[…] On Wednesday, longtime Austin activists Karen Hadden of the SEED Coalition and former Public Citizen Texas Director Tom “Smitty” Smith staged a press event with other activists from San Antonio, the Washington, D.C. area, and Germany at the train tracks next to the … Continue reading →

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In Japan, nowhere to go for contaminated soil via The Chicago Tribune

Posted on 2016/03/07 by norma field

The Japan News/Yomiuri IITATE, Japan – Piles of black bags sit in what used to be farmland in the Hiso district of Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, as if to block the sunlight coming through the clouds. The bags contain contaminated soil … Continue reading →

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Trio of approvals in Fukushima seals deal for radioactive soil dump via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2015/02/26 by norma field

Ending a prolonged and often contentious process, Fukushima Prefecture and two town governments agreed to host an interim storage facility for contaminated debris from the 2011 nuclear crisis. Fukushima Governor Masao Uchibori and the mayors of Okuma and Futaba met … Continue reading →

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First bags of contaminated debris prepared for transfer to Fukushima interim facility via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2014/11/12 by norma field

KAWAUCHI, Fukushima Prefecture–Preparation work has started for the transfer of radiation-contaminated debris from a temporary storage site here to a planned interim facility that has been opposed by landowners and may not open as scheduled. The temporary storage site holds … Continue reading →

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Fukushima governor gives go-ahead for intermediate storage facility for radioactive debris via Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2014/08/31 by norma field

FUKUSHIMA–Fukushima Governor Yuhei Sato said on Aug. 30 that his prefecture will accept the central government’s plan to construct an intermediate storage facility in Okuma and Futaba for radioactive debris from cleanup work due to the nuclear disaster. He made … Continue reading →

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Plan dropped for land purchases to host nuclear debris storage sites via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2014/07/29 by norma field

In the face of strong opposition, the government has abandoned its plan to purchase all of the land needed to build temporary storage sites for radioactive debris, sources said. The idea was dropped after some landowners at prospective sites refused … Continue reading →

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Waste Site Referendum via The Japan Times

Posted on 2014/01/12 by norma field

NARAHA, Fukushima Pref. JIJI A group of Fukushima residents in the fallout-hit town of Naraha on Friday requested that a local ordinance be drafted to hold a referendum on accepting interim nuclear waste storage in the municipality. Such a facility … Continue reading →

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State to purchase Fukushima land for waste storage via The Japan Times

Posted on 2013/12/15 by norma field

FUKUSHIMA – The Environment Ministry officially announced Saturday that the government aims to buy 19 sq. km of land around the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear complex to build facilities for the long-term storage of radioactive and other waste churned … Continue reading →

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【press release】Flawed High-Level Radioactive Waste Legislation Introduced via NEIS

Posted on 2013/06/27 by norma field

CHICAGO—Controversial radioactive waste legislation was introduced into the U.S. Senate today that could result in Illinois becoming a de facto national high-level radioactive waste dumpsite until at least 2048. The ‘‘Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2013’’ (S. 1240) was introduced … Continue reading →

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LAST CHANCE TO SIGN Tell Energy Secretary Chu: Stop “Interim” Storage of Radioactive Waste and a New Mobile Chernobyl…

Posted on 2012/01/21 by norma field

LAST CHANCE TO SIGN! ACT BY TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 9 AM EASTERN TELL ENERGY SECRETARY CHU: STOP “INTERIM” STORAGE OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE AND A NEW MOBILE CHERNOBYL… …AND STOP MAKING RADIOACTIVE WASTE IN THE FIRST PLACE! January 20, 2012 Dear … Continue reading →

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